[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/5] ipa: ipu3: agc: Standardize vocabulary on "relative luminance"

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Wed Nov 17 11:26:26 CET 2021


Hi Jean-Michel,

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 11:15:23AM +0100, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> On 16/11/2021 17:26, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > The AGC computes the average relative luminance of the frame and calls
> > the value "normalized luma", "brightness" or "initialY". The latter is
> > the most accurate term, as the relative luminance is abbreviated Y, but
> > the "initial" prefix isn't accurate.
> > 
> > Standardize the vocabulary on "relative luminance" in code and comments,
> > abbreviating it to Y when needed.
> > 
> > While at it, rename variables to match the libcamera coding style.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> > ---
> >   src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp | 44 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >   src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.h   |  8 +++---
> >   2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > index 43a39ffd57d6..d5840fb0aa97 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
> > @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ static constexpr double kEvGainTarget = 0.5;
> >   static constexpr uint32_t kNumStartupFrames = 10;
> >   
> >   /*
> > - * Normalized luma value target.
> > + * Relative luminance target.
> >    *
> >    * It's a number that's chosen so that, when the camera points at a grey
> >    * target, the resulting image brightness is considered right.
> >    */
> > -static constexpr double kNormalizedLumaTarget = 0.16;
> > +static constexpr double kRelativeLuminanceTarget = 0.16;
> >   
> >   Agc::Agc()
> >   	: frameCount_(0), iqMean_(0.0), lineDuration_(0s), minShutterSpeed_(0s),
> > @@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ void Agc::computeExposure(IPAFrameContext &frameContext, double currentYGain)
> >   }
> >   
> >   /**
> > - * \brief Estimate the average brightness of the frame
> > + * \brief Estimate the relative luminance of the frame with a given gain
> >    * \param[in] frameContext The shared IPA frame context
> >    * \param[in] grid The grid used to store the statistics in the IPU3
> >    * \param[in] stats The IPU3 statistics and ISP results
> >    * \param[in] currentYGain The gain calculated on the current brightness level
> > - * \return The normalized luma
> > + * \return The relative luminance
> >    *
> >    * Luma is the weighted sum of gamma-compressed R′G′B′ components of a color
> >    * video. The luma values are normalized as 0.0 to 1.0, with 1.0 being a
> > @@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ void Agc::computeExposure(IPAFrameContext &frameContext, double currentYGain)
> >    * luma here.
> >    *
> >    * More detailed information can be found in:
> > - * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luma_(video)
> > + * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_luminance
> >    */
> > -double Agc::computeInitialY(IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> > -			    const ipu3_uapi_grid_config &grid,
> > -			    const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
> > -			    double currentYGain)
> > +double Agc::estimateLuminance(IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> > +			      const ipu3_uapi_grid_config &grid,
> > +			      const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
> > +			      double currentYGain)
> 
> Shouldn't it be named estimateRelativeLuminance then ? Or is it too long 
> maybe...

I found it a bit long. If you think it's better, I'm ok with it.

> >   {
> >   	double redSum = 0, greenSum = 0, blueSum = 0;
> >   
> > @@ -288,14 +288,14 @@ double Agc::computeInitialY(IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> >   	}
> >   
> >   	/*
> > -	 * Estimate the sum of the brightness values, weighted with the gains
> > -	 * applied on the channels in AWB as the Rec. 601 luma.
> > +	 * Compute the relative luminance using the Rec. 601 formula, and
> > +	 * normalize it.
> >   	 */
> 
> Relative luminance is normalized, as it is between 0.0 and 1.0 :-).
> Why did you remove the gain weights mention though ?

Those are not weights but gains. It should be mentioned though, I'll
update it.

Why do we multiply by the AWB gains here ?

> > -	double Y_sum = redSum * frameContext.awb.gains.red * .299 +
> > -		       greenSum * frameContext.awb.gains.green * .587 +
> > -		       blueSum * frameContext.awb.gains.blue * .114;
> > +	double ySum = redSum * frameContext.awb.gains.red * .299 +
> > +		      greenSum * frameContext.awb.gains.green * .587 +
> > +		      blueSum * frameContext.awb.gains.blue * .114;
> >   
> > -	return Y_sum / (grid.height * grid.width) / 255;
> > +	return ySum / (grid.height * grid.width) / 255;
> 
> How could we let that one... :-/
> 
> >   }
> >   
> >   /**
> > @@ -311,22 +311,22 @@ void Agc::process(IPAContext &context, const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats)
> >   	measureBrightness(stats, context.configuration.grid.bdsGrid);
> >   
> >   	double currentYGain = 1.0;
> > -	double targetY = kNormalizedLumaTarget;
> > +	double yTarget = kRelativeLuminanceTarget;
> >   
> >   	/*
> >   	 * Do this calculation a few times as brightness increase can be
> >   	 * non-linear when there are saturated regions.
> >   	 */
> > -	for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
> > -		double initialY = computeInitialY(context.frameContext,
> > +	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
> > +		double yValue = estimateLuminance(context.frameContext,
> >   						  context.configuration.grid.bdsGrid,
> >   						  stats, currentYGain);
> > -		double extra_gain = std::min(10.0, targetY / (initialY + .001));
> > +		double extra_gain = std::min(10.0, yTarget / (yValue + .001));
> >   
> >   		currentYGain *= extra_gain;
> > -		LOG(IPU3Agc, Debug) << "Initial Y " << initialY
> > -				    << " target " << targetY
> > -				    << " gives gain " << currentYGain;
> > +		LOG(IPU3Agc, Debug) << "Y value: " << yValue
> > +				    << ", Y target: " << yTarget
> > +				    << ", gives gain " << currentYGain;
> >   		if (extra_gain < 1.01)
> >   			break;
> >   	}
> > diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.h b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.h
> > index 31c5a6e519d4..943c354a820e 100644
> > --- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.h
> > +++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.h
> > @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ private:
> >   			       const ipu3_uapi_grid_config &grid);
> >   	void filterExposure();
> >   	void computeExposure(IPAFrameContext &frameContext, double currentYGain);
> > -	double computeInitialY(IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> > -			       const ipu3_uapi_grid_config &grid,
> > -			       const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
> > -			       double currentYGain);
> > +	double estimateLuminance(IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
> > +				 const ipu3_uapi_grid_config &grid,
> > +				 const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
> > +				 double currentYGain);
> >   
> >   	uint64_t frameCount_;
> >   
> > 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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